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With the battle between Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith likely headed to the Supreme Court no matter which way an appeals court rules on his banning from Colorado's ballot, the former president runs the risk the nation's highest court may rule in such a way that the former president's political career will be ended.

In his column for CNN, SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah suggested the court could step in and not just agree with the Colorado Supreme Court, but also disqualify the former president from ever running for office again.

Republican senators critical of Donald Trump insist they do not regret voting to acquit the former president during his second impeachment trial even as he consolidates power among the party in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

Two Republican senators interviewed anonymously by The Hill dispelled recent comments made by former House Speaker Paul Ryan. In those remarks, Ryan insisted “there are a lot of people in Congress, good friends of mine, who would take [their] vote back” because after Jan. 6 “they thought Trump was dead.”

Per The Hill:

One Republican senator who frequently criticizes Trump’s conduct but nevertheless voted to acquit Trump of inciting insurrection said they would have voted the same way if given a second chance after knowing the outcome.

Donald Trump has spent the better part of the last week trying to clean up his language after adopting some of Adolf Hitler's ideology about blood purity. According to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, the ex-president knew exactly what he was doing.

Republicans struggled to try and dismiss the comments. Some claimed he was just "joking," a common refrain, and reframe, of whatever objectionable thing the ex-president had uttered. Other lawmakers went so far as to claim that it wasn't "real," and that Trump simply uses that kind of language to get Republican voters excited. Some outright embraced it while the Republican Party stayed silent.

Donald Trump spent Christmas Eve ranting on his personal social media site, but his engagement seemed low as normal people spent the evening with family, friends or caroling in church.

Instead, Trump posted one rambling rant, spraying conspiracy theories like Aqua Net across his hair. "Crooked Joe Biden," "Crazy Nancy Pelosi," "Derranged Jack Smith," and demanding the House Select Committee that investigated the 2020 election and Jan. 6 attack be prosecuted for "destroying and deleting all of their evidence."

Last week, the Supreme Court turned down special counsel Jack Smith's plea to rush Donald Trump's appeal straight to the High Court so that it can be resolved quickly.

According to columnist Ron Brownstein, the Supreme Court isn't stupid, they know exactly what Trump is trying to do, they simply have to choose whether or not to be complicit.

CNN's Jim Acosta searched for some political levity on Christmas Eve with comedian Matt Friend who has become a social media legend for his ability to match the voices of people like Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis and Mitch McConnell.

What unfolded, however, caused the veteran reporter to crack up remembering some of the old days clashing with the former president.

Lt. Gen. Blaise Frawley spoke to WUSA-TV 9 ahead of the start of Santa Claus' big ride to better understand the technology used by the American government to track the jolly old man as he delivers presents to children across the world.

In the past, even astronauts at the International Space Station helped track Santa.

For many Christians, Christmas is the day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. But Donald Trump wants his fans to know that there's still some room for him in the holy holiday.

In a video uploaded to his social media, Trump said, "And we ask God to guide us, give us strength, and watch over us in this pivotal year ahead. With his help, by this time next year, we will be well on our way to making America safer, stronger, greater, and more prosperous than ever before. ... May 2024 be the best year of our lives."

CNN's Jim Acosta had a lot of questions for former impeachment lawyer and ex-prosecutor Norm Eisen about Donald Trump's claims of absolute immunity.

Trump's appeal to the federal courts is that as a president he has absolute immunity from any and all illegal actions while president, even if it wasn't part of doing his job.

A Democrat from California unloaded a frustrated rant during a C-SPAN call-in show because callers on the Republican line "continue[d] to lie" despite being fact-checked by the guesthost Kimberly Adams.

After a Republican caller claimed that Democrats "got rid of democracy" because former President Donald Trump is facing investigation, C-SPAN fielded a call from a Democrat in San Jose named Tom.

Ron DeSantis' pollster and top strategist thinks the Florida Republican's presidential campaign is slowly dying.

The New York Times cited Ryan Tyson, a longtime DeSantis ally, who told "multiple people" that they've reached the point in the campaign that they need to "make the patient comfortable." It's a phrase generally used at the end of life when hospice comes in to help.

An attempt to support Donald Trump by Sen. Lindsey Graham went horribly wrong for the South Carolina Republican on Sunday because he admitted he voted to certify President Joe Biden's win despite believing there were "problems" with the 2020 presidential election.

On Truth Social Sunday morning, Trump wrote, "I wasn’t campaigning, the Election was over. I was doing my duty as President to expose and further investigate a Rigged and Stolen Election. It was my obligation to do so, and the proof found is voluminous and irrefutable. Therefore, among other reasons, of course I am entitled to IMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, I DID NOTHING WRONG. Stop the Witch Hunt NOW!"

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday offered a justification after he was found liable for defaming two former Georgia election workers, Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.

On his Sunday WABC radio program, Giuliani congratulated himself for a "brilliant legal move" because he recommended that then-President Donald Trump take his rigged election claims to state legislatures instead of the courts after the 2020 presidential vote.